Passau Glass Museum

Entrance to the glass museum

First floor

The Passau Glass Museum is the largest glass museum in the world dedicated to Bohemian glass. It is located on Rathausplatz on 2,200 m² in the historic patrician house "Wilder Mann" in the old town of Passau . It was opened on March 15, 1985, as the guest of honor was the US astronaut Neil Armstrong . It is entered on the “Nationally Valuable Cultural Property” list.

The collection includes over 30,000 glasses of the famous “Bohemian Glass”, of which 13,000 are on display. The history of glass is documented in 25 rooms from 1650 to 1950. Are shown u. a. Exhibits from Baroque , Empire , Biedermeier , Classicism , Historicism , Art Nouveau , Art Deco and Modernism.

Both the listed building and the glass collection are owned by the Höltl family .

Web links

Commons : Glass Museum, Passau - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Official website
Stefania Zelasko: Fritz Heckert , Kunstglas Industrie 1866-1923. Glass Museum Passau 2012

Individual evidence

^ Glass collection of the history of the glass trade in the Bavarian-Bohemian-Austrian area . kulturgutschutz-deutschland.de. Archived from the original on April 15, 2016. Retrieved on April 11, 2016.
^ History of the house . wilder-mann.com. Retrieved October 14, 2017.

48.575277777778 13.468611111111Coordinates: 48 ° 34 ′ 31 ″ N , 13 ° 28 ′ 7 ″ E

[1] Glass collection of the history of the glass trade in the Bavarian-Bohemian-Austrian area . kulturgutschutz-deutschland.de. Archived from the original on April 15, 2016. Retrieved on April 11, 2016.

[2] History of the house . wilder-mann.com. Retrieved October 14, 2017.